EXZEAL

Exzeal was initially launched in 2007 to Arcade (Sega Naomi board) and in 2009 for Xbox 360 as part of the "Shooting Love 200X" collection, which brought together beyond this game other three: "Shmups Skill Test", "Minus Zero" and "Trizeal Remix", all of them developed by Triangle Service (japanese developer founded by a former employee of Konami) and now in 2016 this game finally comes to Steam at the hands of Degica, publisher that has been noted for bring to the Steam (and thus to the whole world) many shmups (acronym for shoot' em up aka STG) previously restricted only to Japan. Exzeal is a vertical shmup and a beautiful direct sequel of the classic Trizeal. However, Exzeal differs from Trizeal in essence, because while Trizeal had 3 different transformations of the ship at any time during the game (at the touch of a button), Exzeal doesn't allow this, however there are 4 different types of ships settings that can be selected before the start of the game, they are: [Type 1] with a normal shot and also a much more powerful shot which is charged holding down the appropriate button (R-Type style) so, when fired, this charged shot eliminates many enemies at once and is important to say that you can charge the charged shot faster making a 360-degree rotation movement with the analog stick; [Type 2] similar to type 1, but the charged shot travels beyond the ship's front and back as well on the upper and lower diagonals; [Type 3] allows only front normal shots, but causes more damage than regular shots of the other types and finally [Type 4] has normal front shot and also a kind of short-range generated by the movement of the ship in the directions rear, left and right. These 4 different types of configurations bring good variety to gameplay The game's graphics were very good for the 2007 standards and remain good even today. The songs are great, contributing directly to the immersion of the game. The controls respond well to commands (I used the official wireless Xbox 360 controller through the analog stick). The player can save replays of matches and the game also has an online leaderboard very good where you can watch the replay of other players inside the leaderboard, something always useful for those who want to know and learn the patterns and techniques used by the best players. Exzeal is a beautiful sequence that honors the classic Trizeal, with good graphics, nice music and a very good and fun gameplay. Below two videos of this game played by me: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=731543310 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=731543304

I've always been a low-key fan of shmups like r-type, galaga, and more. EXZEAL offers such a great unique style of shmups with good and quick paced gameplay, with a cool selection of 4 ships offering different shooting mechanics for some unique playstyles. As well as the soundtrack is super catchy, I kept replaying the game many times because of how great it flows with the game. Honestly EXZEAL is super underrated and anyone who loves shmups of any style, YOU HAVE to try this game out, 10/10

Amazing game with great music. If you like any of the zeal games in the series or any shmups for that matter, then you really cant go wrong with this game.This game is also on the amazing demul(naomi,cave etc) emulator but the arcade versions dont have the same remixed music as the steam version if that matters to you.

Quarto titolo della collection, altro shoot'em up in verticale e sequel di Trizeal Remix, EXZEAL – a differenza del precedente – non offre le la possibilità di trasformare la nave ma è dotato di quattro configurazioni diverse: Unit 1, con semplici proiettili sparati dal davanti ed un colpo caricato capace di eliminare più nemici contemporaneamente; Unit 2, simile ma con il colpo caricato multi-direzionale; Unit 3, limitata a semplici proiettili frontali ma molto più potenti e, infine, Unit 4, caratterizzato da un'arma a corto raggio che può coprire tutte le direzioni della nave. Nonostante EXZEAL non mi sia piaciuto quanto TRIZEAL, la qualità del gioco è pressapoco simile. Buona varietà, accompagnata da leaderboard online, replay e compatibilità con ogni tipo di controller.

Vertical space shooter. Good controls. Part reflex based, part memorizer. Interesting side shot mechanic. Good presentation, decent graphics, good audio. Questionable random attacks. [i]Listed on the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40858110-Shoot-%2527em-up-Database/]Shoot 'em up Database[/url][/i]

It's like Ikaruga and Einhander had a child...and it hates you. I love it.

感觉就像在打6个TRIZEAL四面，随机性统治一切，想要1cc只怕是有生之年。 2奖不刷分没法拿！ 你跑的没有人家吸的快！ 贴脸的时候没伤害！ 经常被从天而降的橡胶包子、橙箱子、屏幕外飞回来的陨石砸死！ 第4关要过完全看运气！没被踢到就过，被脚踢到就不过！ 作为一个shmup fiend已经被虐的没脾气了，哈~！ 隐藏的5号机选法：在第13秒的时候选择3号机。分数机制跟3号机一样，只不过倍率提升至x11，而每次最多只能发射1发子弹……这啥意思？（不过YASU的最高分用的也是5号机，触手就是触手）

First i am going to say that this game is not bad, but is a bit generic and the interest in the game mechnics get stale after you play xiizeal (another one from triangle service). However I can only recomend it if you buy it with discount. at current price i can´t recomend it as in my point of view is expensive for what it is compared to other shmups games in the market. Pros: - There is nothing wrong in gameplay mechanics , bullet patterns. graphic and sound while not great do their service. the game is ok to play. -the stage design has vertical hazards, some enemyes rotate. but while this things are original, they are not that fun to play. - It is good to have a classic shmup (not bullet hell) in this era as the simple and classic gameplay as his charm.you have normal shoot , a special shoot and a bomb and pretty much sums it up. - some enemyes (specialy bosses are quite original and unique), the 4th boss with a vacuum cleaner is great and i wish more shmups would use this idea - has tate mode, and you can also zoom and move the gameplay area. It has 4 different ships with different mechanics, the first 3 are unispired and generic, the 4th one is interesting but gets stale because xiizeal has similiar mechanics , but is a much more interesting game Cons - The visual clarity while not bad, certainly could be improved -there is is a limit of 3 credits. I think it is elitist, every gamer should have a oportunity to reach all levels In the end we have a shmup equal to many. with nothing wrong, but also nothing great (witch is still a problem). When we see old and better shmups like ikaruga, toaplan games and psycho here on steam at a better and cheaper price and also some good modern ones cheap i can´t recomend this game. Buy it if you like classic shmups and want to play something new to have fun (my case) but with a discount as i did (at least 60% discount).

This game is a puzzle shoot 'em up similar to Radiant Silvergun. Some puzzles are physics-based. It's kinda cool that all the games in the Zeal series are different from one another.

I don't know who thought it'd be funny to bring the best game in the series down to Mixed, but I do know that it just ain't right.